62 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • NOVEMBER 2018
DOWNTOWN BURGER AT FIVE POINTS CAFE:
NEW WINTER CLASSIC
By CJ ARLOTTA
Come this winter, one of Downtown
Burger At Five Points Cafe’s
winter classic cocktails is getting a
name change.
“A few years back, the former
general manager was planning on
developing an Irish-themed cocktail
menu — one that would flow better
with the Irish feel and aesthetic of
what and who Five Points Cafe is,”
says Ruy Alicea, general manager
at Downtown Burger At Five Points
Cafe in Sayville. “We hold very strong
roots in the Irish community, as our
owner James Rooney is of Irish descent.
He chose the restaurant’s name
and its entity to reflect his love, passion
and connection to the original
five points and Irish community in
lower Manhattan."
Many of the drinks on the restaurant’s
original cocktail menu were
“unique and fun,” Alicea says. One of
cocktails on that menu was the Irish
Kiss, which was popular among cafe
guests, but it wasn’t the drink the
team today wanted to represent the
restaurant.
“We were looking for something
that was more of our own signature
cocktail, so we played with the recipe
by changing juices and mixers,” he
says. “We accidentally developed our
own take on the Irish Kiss.”
An Irish Kiss calls for Irish whiskey,
peach schnapps, ginger juice and
orange juice. Combined, the cocktail
“leaves you with a sweet, peachy aftertaste,”
he says. But would happen if
peach were swapped for raspberry?
“We took on the challenge of
discovering something new, and we
did,” Alicea says. “We called it the
Downtown Winter Punch.”
Expected to be on the menu this
winter, this twist on the Irish Kiss
is made with Irish whiskey, raspberry
puree, ginger juice and
orange juice. Instead of a sweet,
peachy aftertaste, the cocktail
has a citrus and raspberry taste,
and gives off “great notes from
the Irish whiskey,” he says. While
the name Downtown Winter
Punch won’t be on the menu this
coming winter, the same cocktail
will be listed — just under another
name.
“Over the years, the popularity
of this drink has taken off,” Alicea
says. “It has a very fall and winter
feel, so when it came to this year’s
winter cocktail menu, we decided to
change the name one last time to the
‘Winter Classic,’ as it’s been with us
now for eight years.”
Downtown Burger at Five Points
Cafe is located at 1 Main St., Sayville.
It can be reached at 631-567-
5655 or fivepointscafe.com
MAIN DISH
Bartender Kristy Longman mixes up
the Winter Classic.
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